Tag Archives: Beta-thalassaemia

Thanks to everyone who tweeted for our case! The learning points are summarised below. The case was based around a nulliparous 27 yr old women with sickle cell disease. She wished to seek prior to conception. Ideally pregnancy’s should … Continue reading →

Partner testing reveals beta- thal trait. How would you council this lady? The patient was commenced on hydroxycarbamide two years ago due to recurrent acute chest crisis. As suggested by one of our followers – advice would be to … Continue reading →

Our case this week focuses around a 27 year old lady who is know to have sickle cell disease. She attends the joint haematology/obstetric clinic for preconceptual counselling. As the junior haematology registrar in this clinic, consider how you … Continue reading →

Following testing of the father, he is also found to be a carrier of Beta-thalassaemia. The pregnancy continues, and following counselling the family decline any further investigation until the fetus is born. What would be the options for testing prior … Continue reading →

Patients’ blood film looks like this: Ferritin level was also checked : 10 ug/l Family origin questionnaire has been mentioned and should be performed at all antenatal visits. However all women – in both high prevalence and low prevalence areas … Continue reading →